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Roland Dorgelès

ロラン・ドルジェレス

Roran Dorujeresu

Aliases: Roland Lecavelé

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1885-06-15 (Amiens, Picardy, France)
Died
1973-03-18 age 87
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Amiens, Somme, France → Paris

Career

Occupations
novelist
Active Years
1919-1973
Affiliations
Académie Goncourt
Memberships
Académie Goncourt

Awards

Prix Femina
1919
Work: Les croix de bois
Organization: Prix Femina jury
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les croix de bois

1919 war novel

A moving study of World War I, in which he served.

warsoldiers' suffering
Translations
  • English translation by William Heinemann, 1920年

Legacy

Prolific author renowned for his World War I novel Wooden Crosses. Member of the Académie Goncourt.

Trivia

  • Adopted the pen name Dorgelès to commemorate visits to the spa town of Argelès.